KATY, Texas – The story behind dramatic video of strangers smashing a car window to rescue children locked inside a hot car is becoming more clear, according to a new report from KHOU.
On Monday, people rushed to help when they saw the children inside the SUV. KHOU originally reported that shoppers heard the children in the hot car after the mother apparently left them in the vehicle while she was getting a haircut.
However, surveillance video shows the mother went into a postal store next door to the hair salon with her children. After leaving the store, she accidentally locked her keys and kids in the car.
The mother of the two children told KHOU that after locking her kids in the car, she called her insurance company and she was told it would take two hours to send someone to get the doors open.
The surveillance tape shows the mother walking into the postal store to ask for help. A customer then grabbed a hammer and broke the vehicle’s window.
“It’s not like she left the kids in the car,” Azir Brohi, the owner of the postal store, told KHOU. “It’s not like she did something wrong. She was screaming trying to get the little girl to open the door.”
After the window was broken, the video shows the mother climbing through the window to rescue her kids.
The witness who shot the cell phone video and originally talked to KHOU denied the station’s request for a second interview.
